• "Passive" (song)
  Passive (song)
  "Passive" is a song from the band A Perfect Circle's 2004 album eMOTIVe The song is a remake of the song "Vacant" by the now-defunct band Tapeworm."Vacant" was notably first performed by A Perfect Circle without Trent Reznor's agreement.-Track listing:...
  
  , by A Perfect Circle
• Passive voice
  Passive voice
  Passive voice is a grammatical voice common in many of the world's languages. Passive is used in a clause whose subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb. That is, the subject undergoes an action or has its state changed. A sentence whose theme is marked as grammatical subject is...
  
  , a grammatical voice common in many languages
• Passive house
  Passive house
  The term passive house refers to the rigorous, voluntary, Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. A similar standard, MINERGIE-P, is used in...
  
  , a standard for energy efficiency in buildings
• Passive psi, psychic abilities involving cognition
• Passive language, a language from which an interpreter works
• Passivity (engineering)
  Passivity (engineering)
  Passivity is a property of engineering systems, used in a variety of engineering disciplines, but most commonly found in analog electronics and control systems...
  
   a property of engineering systems, particularly in analog electronics and control systems
• Passivity (behavior), the condition of submitting to the influence of one's superior or superiors
• Passive–aggressive behavior, resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations
• Passivation
  Passivation
  Passivation is the process of making a material "passive", and thus less reactive with surrounding air, water, or other gases or liquids. The goal is to inhibit corrosion, whether for structural or cosmetic reasons. Passivation of metals is usually achieved by the deposition of a layer of oxide...
  
  , process of making a material "passive" in relation to another material prior to using the materials together

See also

• Active (disambiguation)
• Passive mode in File Transfer Protocol
  File Transfer Protocol
  File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
  
  
• Bottom (sex) for passive partner in a sexual activity